... Sagehashi M., Fujii T., Hu H. Y. and Sakoda A. (2010). Removal of cadmium from aqueous solutions by charcoals prepared from giant reed (Arundo donax), J. of Water and Environ. Technol., 8(4), 305-312. ... that the production of GSH was controlled by the cadmium assimilated in the giant reed. Keywords: cadmium, giant reed, water purification INTRODUCTION Giant reed (Arundo donax), a perennial gramineous ... (Sagehashi et al., 2009), antialgal allelochemicals from giant reed (Hong et al., 2010), and cadmium removal by the charcoal prepared from giant reed (Sagehashi et al., 2010) had been performed....